#C2522D#C2522D

#C2522D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.153 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2522D
RGB	rgb(194, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(15, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 76.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 42.78, 42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 60.60, 45.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1199 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.153 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7418, 17.6968, 4.5424)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2522D #2D9DC2

analogous

#C22D53 #C2522D #C29C2D

triadic

#C2522D #2DC252 #522DC2

tetradic

#C2522D #53C22D #2D9DC2 #9C2DC2

square

#C2522D #53C22D #2D9DC2 #9C2DC2

split-complementary

#C2522D #2DC29C #2D53C2

monochromatic

#5F2816 #903D21 #C2522D #D77555 #E39D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C2522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C2522D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C2522D

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C2522D	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.153 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8668',
    500: '#c2522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2522d;
$custom-light: #dc8668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.899,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57758,
    "c": 0.15273,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2522D

secondary

#7EB9CD

accent

#BDE542

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2522D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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